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What`s a box with no locks, keys or a lid,
but inside a treasure of gold is hid?
but inside a treasure of gold is hid?
Hint
1. It`s small enough to fit in your pocket.2. You have probably seen some in your life.
3. You probably have some in your house.
4. The word "box" is not a literal meaning.
Answer
It`s an egg.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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you could also say,a box with no locks, keys or a lid but inside a tresure of gold is hid is a box with no locks, keys or a lid but inside a tresure of gold is hid.
I was thinking more along the lines of a slot machine.
A slot machine does have a lock - otherwise anyone could go up and take the money out.
This is one of the riddles exchanged between Gollum and Bilbo in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
I don't know if it predates that book but it may well do.
I don't know if it predates that book but it may well do.
the one from the hobbit said:
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet inside golden treasure is hid.
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet inside golden treasure is hid.
an egg is not a box!!! i still think it was pretty good tho
holy cow what a strange joke! but good one i give you props!
It was either Diablo or NWN that I first saw that one! It's a nifty little riddle!
In Catalan we have the rhyming riddle "A little white box which you can open but you cannot close". I always liked that!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!! I got this one right away! My cousin asks me that riddle every single time I try to get him to think of one..
eggs have gold in them cool!!
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